ransomware

Cyberattacks plague health care. Critics call the federal response 'inadequate'

5:00am September 17, 2024

The Change Healthcare cyberattack sparked a new strategy from the federal government on preventing destructive ransomware crimes. Critics say it doesn't go far enough.

Cyber Security Ransomware Email Phishing Encrypted Technology, Digital Information Protected Secured

Health & Safety

Health industry struggles to recover from cyberattack on a unit of UnitedHealth

7:16am March 09, 2024

Doctors are worried that the attack on Change Healthcare, part of UnitedHeathcare's Optum division, will mean they can't get paid properly for months.

A prescription is filled on Jan. 6, 2023, in Morganton, N.C. A ransomware attack is disrupting pharmacies and hospitals nationwide this week.

Health care company ties Russian-linked cybercriminals to prescriptions breach

1:58pm March 01, 2024

by Jenna McLaughlin

A ransomware attack targeting a UnitedHealth Group subsidiary is disrupting pharmacies and hospitals nationwide, leaving patients with problems filling prescriptions or seeking medical treatment.

Cyberattacks on hospitals "should be considered a regional disaster," a study finds.

National

Cyberattacks on hospitals 'should be considered a regional disaster,' researchers find

5:00am June 25, 2023

by Jenna McLaughlin

When hackers attack a hospital, it can be deadly. But doctors and patients at nearby hospitals suffer, too, according to a new study from the University of California San Diego.

Queue Listen Now

U. S. Marshals Service Director Ronald L. Davis speaks during a violent crime prevention summit in Jackson, Miss., on Jan. 5. The agency has revealed it was the victim of a cyberattack last week in which hackers stole sensitive data.

National

Hackers steal sensitive law enforcement data in a breach of the U.S. Marshals Service

2:31pm February 28, 2023

by Jenna McLaughlin

The federal agency has revealed that it was the victim of a ransomware attack last week in which hackers stole sensitive data.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference with Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco (left), and FBI Director Christopher Wray at the Department of Justice in Washington on Thursday.

National

FBI says it 'hacked the hackers' to shut down major ransomware group

3:57pm January 26, 2023

by Jenna McLaughlin

The FBI spent months spying on the ransomware group Hive and secretly helped victims before shutting the entire operation down.

Alberto Carvalho, the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, comments on a cyberattack on the LAUSD information systems at a news conference on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022.

A cyberattack hits the Los Angeles School District, raising alarm across the country

3:15pm September 07, 2022

by The Associated Press

The ransomware attack on the country's second-largest school district sounded alarms across the country, from urgent talks with the White House and the National Security Council.

As ransomware cases surge, the cyber criminals almost almost always demand, and receive, payment in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. The world's largest meat supplier, JBS, announced Wednesday that it paid $11 million in Bitcoin to hackers in a recent ranso

National

How Bitcoin Has Fueled Ransomware Attacks

10:50am June 10, 2021

by Greg Myre

If you're planning a multi-million dollar ransomware attack, there's really only one way to collect - with cryptocurrency. It's fast. It's easy. Best of all, it's largely anonymous and hard to trace.

Queue Listen Now

The Justice Department has assembled a new task force to confront ransomware after what officials say was the most costly year on record for the crippling cyberattacks. It managed to recover $2.3 million of the ransom paid by Colonial Pipeline in an attac

National

How A New Team Of Feds Hacked The Hackers And Got Colonial Pipeline's Ransom Back

9:28am June 08, 2021

by Vanessa Romo

The linchpin to retrieving $2.3 million, half the company's payment, was gaining access to the private key linked to the attacker's Bitcoin account. Here's how authorities may have gotten it.

FireEye CEO Kevin Mandia, SolarWinds CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna and Microsoft President Brad Smith testify during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Feb. 23, in Washington, D.C. The hearing focused on the 2020 cyberattack that result

National

As Cyber Attacks Surge, Biden Seeks To Mount A Better Defense

10:12pm June 04, 2021

by Greg Myre

Russian spies have penetrated U.S. government computer networks. Russian criminals have hit the U.S. gasoline and meat supplies. Can the president figure out how to stop the non-stop intrusions?

Queue Listen Now